Interview: Wrath Of The Titans
Wrath Of The Titans, the follow up to the hugely successful 2010 fantasy film Clash Of The Titans thrills cinema-goers this Easter
Stars Sam Worthington and Liam Neeson talk about the upcoming release and why this film even better than the first installment.
Despite poor reviews from critics, Clash Of The Titans went on to gross $493 million worldwide, and is followed by this ambitious sequel. Building on the story of Perseus, played by Sam Worthington, and his struggle against the Gods of Ancient Greece, Wrath Of The Titans carries on its predecessors idea that the power of the Gods is waning due to lack of faith from mortals and their supremacy is now being challenged by the Titans. As the son of a God, Perseus is the only mortal with the ability to combat their might, and the fate of mankind rests on his shoulders when the imprisoned Titans break free and wage war against the diminished power of the Gods on Earth, but this time around he has his own son to protect as well.
Perseus has had a lot of growing up to do since the first movie, but still has his own struggles as Worthington explains.
“For Perseus, I think it’s the journey of discovering his place in the world. He shies away from being the hero that he wants to be, because he just wants to look after his son. And his son says that his heroes are something special. And by going on this journey, he realizes that maybe he has got to man up, and take on the responsibility of being an actual god, of being a demigod, of being a hero, not just for his son, but for the whole world.
People just want to have a normal life and do normal things, but if you are destined for bigger and greater things, that responsibility not only can affect the way you see the world, but will definitely affect, in this case, your son and how he sees the world.”
As for creating a sequel to the already larger-than-life mythical world of Ancient Greece, Worthington feels it should be all or nothing in this film, “This one, I thought, “We’ve just got to push it bigger, and make the dynamics of this whole world, this whole universe, much more crazy and massive”, and I think that is what they are designing.”
However, Worthington feels the epic is safe in the hands of director Jonathan Liebesman,
“He’s done big blockbusters before, and understands the mechanics of how they work, and then, within that, he wants to push himself. And that is what I like in any director, that it’s a challenge.”
With the demise of his immortal status and power, the relationship between Zeus and his son Perseus undergoes huge changes, even while surrounded by his own war with the Titans, Liam Neeson says. “It’s funny. The more my God gifts are being depleted, ebbing away, the more I’m actually becoming more human, that I’m learning from him. And his relationship with his son. He’s feeding me with this humanity, so I’m discovering emotions I’ve never had before that are human. Which is very, very nice, very good. Being a father myself, of two boys, I’m taking notes.”
And why would a God need a relationship with a mortal in the first place?
“I need his half-god, half-human, especially his half-human side, to help defeat the forces of evil that are about to erupt onto the earth.”
Wrath of the Titans is released Fri 30 March
Showing at Odeon and Cineworld
